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Ezek.30:1–3. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, prophets, and prophets: this says Adonai the Lord: mourn, ole, ole day! For the day of the Lord is near, and the day of the clouds is approaching, and the time of tongues will come. With all that has been said, he terrifies, commanding him to cry and lament. “Day” refers to the time of punishment, “cloud” refers to the darkness that occurs in souls during disasters, and “time of tongues” refers to the punishment imposed on the pagan people. Not only My people, says God, will be subject to these disasters, but the pagan nations will suffer punishment for their wickedness. Ezek.30:4–5. And the sword will come upon the Egyptians, and there will be a rebellion in Ethiopia, and the plagues will fall in Egypt, and many of them will be taken, and its foundations will fall, and the Persians will be taken, and the Cretans, and the Libyans, and the Murini, and the Lidians, and all Arabia, and all the mixed women, and from the sons of my covenant, in it they will fall with the sword. Events threatening Egypt will also throw Ethiopia into disarray; she, as a neighbor, will be tormented by the fear of suffering the same thing. Then he lists the Cretans, Libyans, Ethiopians, Lidians and Arabians who helped the Egyptians and were exterminated along with the Egyptians. Hellenic legends also inform us about the military alliance of the Lidians and Egyptians; The Prophet means the Persians not from Persia who came to the aid of the Egyptians (could the Egyptians, when the Assyrians and Chaldeans fought with them in war, have had the Persians as allies?), but who had long since moved out of Persia and had their own settlements in Egypt. He says that the reason Egyptian Babylon became identical with Persian Babylon was because Persians lived in it. And “sons of the covenant” he calls the Jews themselves, who, after the siege of Jerusalem, moved to Egypt, taking with them the Prophet Jeremiah. And they are also threatened with punishment, because, contrary to His intention, they left Judea and retired to Egypt. This is also said through the mouth of the Prophet Jeremiah: and “will all those who are left of Judah, who settled in the land of Egypt, take to dwell there; whose word shall remain, Mine, or theirs? And this is a sign to you, says the Lord: Behold, I have delivered Pharaoh Bethriah, king of Egypt, into the hands of his enemies, and into the hand of those who sought his life, just as I gave Zedekiah the king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, his enemy, and him who sought his life” (Jer. 44:27-30). Therefore, the predictions of the divine Prophets agree with each other, as the sayings of the one Spirit. Then he again predicted the desolation of Egypt, and with the same limitation; and calling the king of Assyria fire, God adds in Ezekiel: Ezek.30:9. On that day messengers from My face will come to Sieim, trying to destroy the hope of the Murinsky land, and there will be a rebellion for them on the day of Egypt, because this is in time. He called Ethiopia hope because the Egyptians relied on their help. The word: "Sieim" in Hellenic means "in strength." When, God says, the Egyptians suffer this, their Ethiopian helpers will be in confusion, not only because of the disasters that befell the Egyptians, but also because of what will threaten them themselves, which they will learn about from the messengers who will be sent by Me and hasten to do what I have commanded them. Ezek.30:10. This says the Lord Adonai: And I will destroy many Egyptians by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Ezek.30:11–12. himself and his people with him, destroyers from the tongue sent to destroy the land and draw all their swords against Egypt, and the land will be filled with plagues, and I will make their rivers desolate, and I will give the land into the hands of the wicked, and I will destroy the land, and its execution by the hands of strangers, I am the Lord in the words, that is, I will deliver Egypt to the most cruel of all nations, the Babylonians, so that their whole land will be filled with murders and the rivers will be empty, after the destruction of the inhabitants. It is said: “I will give the land into the hands of the wicked,” instead of “I will betray.” And this is in accordance with what was said before, namely, I will give the enslavement of the Egyptians to Nebuchadnezzar as a reward for the labors incurred during the siege of Tyre. Then God predicts that the abominations of Egypt, that is, idols filled with abomination, will be crushed by the enemies. And “the nobles from Memphis” (Ezek. 30:13), those who were then entrusted with the reins of Egypt, will accept the end. And fear will fall on all Egyptians when Tanis is burned. Diospolis will suffer final destruction, the mighty city of Sais will be subjected to the most severe disasters, in a word, all of Egypt will be devastated by enemies like fire, so that the resulting confusion will also affect Siin inside the land. And that the attack would be sudden, he made it clear enough, saying: there will be unexpected enemies in Memphis. For with the news received, the battle will begin. What was said: “and in Diospolis there will be a cleft, and the waters will overflow” (Ezek. 30:16) makes it clear that the walls are being destroyed and the entry of enemies is like waters invading and spilling over all the streets and houses. To this God added: Ezek.30:17. The youths of Iliupol and Vuvst will fall by the sword, and their wives will go into captivity. It is clear that the Egyptians thought highly of them, as valiant and strong. “But the wives,” says God, “will go into captivity.” Then he adds: Ezek.30:18. And the day will darken in Tafnes, meaning the darkness produced in people by disasters. He also expressed the same thing when he said: “a cloud will cover him too,” because those who have fallen into wickedness do not see the light itself, but the day seems darker than any darkness to them. Then he lets you see the purpose of what happened to them. Ezek.30:19. And I will bring judgment to Egypt, and the Egyptians will understand that I am the Lord. For all this, says God, I will allow to happen, so that the Egyptians will learn not to think highly of themselves, but to recognize My sovereignty. Ezek.30:20. And in the one and tenth year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: This order of speech is also found in the Prophet Jeremiah, for he also does not observe the order of time, and having first outlined what happened under Zedekiah, who was the last king, he begins to describe what happened under Joachim, who ruled the kingdom before him. The reason for this is that the prophets write not just history, but the prophecies that existed in the times. And now it was necessary and very opportune to mention time. For when such a cloud of disasters threatened Egypt in the twenty-seventh year, this allows us to see the justice of the punishment. For the Prophet says: In the eleventh year the Lord spoke to me. Ezek.30:21. The son of a man, the muscles of the Pharaoh king of Egypt were erased, and he is not convinced to give him healing, apply a plaster to him, oblige him, give him strength and take a sword. I imposed on him, says God, a peaceful punishment, and he did not want to use the medicine of repentance in order to regain his former power. Ezek.30:22–24. For this reason says Adonai the Lord: Behold, I am against Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and I will break his strong and long and worn out arms, and I will tear his sword out of his hand: and I will scatter Egypt into nations, and scatter them into the countries, and I will strengthen the muscles of the king of Babylon. Since he did not want to become chaste after light admonitions, I will subject him to great punishments, deprive him of all strength, so that he will not be able to use military weapons, and I will give the king of Babylon all the strength and strength. For the word “muscles” meant the strength of kings, both Egyptian and Babylonian, because muscles are usually used in war. And I will put My sword in his hand, and he will bring him against Egypt, and he will take captivity captive and take away his gain. I will give him, says God, punitive power so that he can accomplish everything predicted over Egypt, and he repeats it again, confirming by repetition what was said before. Therefore, since it had become clear and obvious from what had already been explained, I left it without interpretation.